<p>Given that there's no cost difference, which do you guys think is better?</p>
<p>On one hand, I'd like a certain amount of privacy and the ability to be able to study quietly in my room without worrying about someone else's presence, etc.</p>
<p>But then again, having a roommate is starting a strong friendship and can get your social life started when you might otherwise have no one else to hang out with. It is also the a part of the "college experience" to have a roommate. Still, the roommate could turn out to be someone completely unlikeable.</p>
<p>I think I'm leaning towards a double, but what do you guys think?</p>
<p>I would go for the single, just for the added freedom and privacy. A roommate could be a great friend or an awful nuisance, it's really a gamble. As for social life, if you live on campus then it shouldn't be too hard to join in.</p>
<p>Yeah that's true. Thanks for the thread link kc_lady, that has alot of different arguments as well. Ah well, I'll think on it for a week or two more before I decide.</p>
<p>DUDE you could meet ppl everywhere. NOT just dorms. Stop making it seem like you can't meet ppl in class or elsewhere if you don't dorm. If there is no singles, then the best thing to do is to live at home. It'll probably result in better GPA too because you don't have to deal with the stress of laundry, food, cleaning, waking up, ect. And lets face it, the main point of college is to get a good GPA/education and a career. College is NOT a some camp where you learn to make friends.</p>
<p>I've had some real horrible roommates and just couldn't go through it again. That being said, if your roommate is great, he/she could be the best friend you meet at college!</p>
<p>As for the above poster, making friends and enjoying yourself is one of the biggest parts of college. Getting that high GPA is nice but it should not be the only thing running across your mind all day long.</p>
<p>Maybe it is your point of college, but for most people it isnt. Most people in the world understand that GPA isnt everything. I would rather challenge myself, learn, and have a lot of fun than get the highest GPA possible. I'm not going to be stupid and have a low GPA, but there will always be the point where if I worked a lot harder, it might go up .1 but thats not enough to be important...law of diminishing returns.</p>
<p>Double it up!...on one hand...your roommate COULD be a annoying...BUT colleges nowadays make you fill out a pairing form...and they help you choose the "most compatible" roommate based on your personalities, "messiness," music choices, activity choices, major, etc. AND...you can simply ask your roomie to quiet down if he's bein a lil loud...my roomie loved his music, and listened to it while I studied...if it interfered with my concentration he'd turn it down without hesitation right when I asked and vice versa....he even bought a pair of headphones just to help it out....roomies are fun.....try it out..i think you'll like it</p>
<p>GPA is not the most important part of college. Actually learning and understanding the material you learn, and later puting it to use in the real world, on the other hand, is.</p>
<p>I think you should go for the single room if the single room is the same price! You can also invite people to spend the night if you're afraid of being lonely in the dorms, which I kind of doubt. With a single room, you don't really have to ask permission all the time. You could have a party! :-D</p>
<p>Go for the double. It's part of the college experience. You probably need to learn to live with someone sooner or later, so why not do it when it's easy (since if you have a really awful roommate you can always request a roommate change/room transfer).</p>
<p>Not saying there aren't people who liked it, but everyone I've ever met who got a single their first year of school regretted it.</p>
<p>mish<em>the</em>fish: No offense intended, but people in most majors won't use the vast majority of the stuff they learn in college in the "real world." That's why there are so many people who have jobs that have absolutely nothing to do with what they majored in in college. Especially if you are going to grad school or law school, GPA is important.</p>
<p>"GPA is not the most important part of college. Actually learning and understanding the material you learn, and later puting it to use in the real world, on the other hand, is."</p>
<p>without a good GPA, you DONT get a chance to apply the material in the real world. try getting a job with a 1.2 GPA, and you'll be homeless for a long time lol. thats the reason why getting a single or living at home is better.</p>
<p>I'm not sure if your college provides 2-room doubles, but if it does, get one of those. You'd have a roommate who you could interact with, and you'd still have the privacy of a single, since you'd both get your own rooms.</p>
<p>But if you <em>need</em> to live at home or in a single to make sure your GPA is high? That says something about how you function as a person. College, if anything, is about testing your limits and learning things about yourself. You gain alot of freedom by living away from your folks, but you gain alot of responsibility that you have to deal with- such as juggling a roommate, or dealing with the stress of laundry/food/cleaning/waking up. If you are having all those things taken care of for you, are you really taking on enough responsibility? Challenging yourself? Are you going to live at home after you get your first job so that you can concentrate on doing well at that too? </p>
<p>If college was only about GPAs, it would be just like high school- going to class and then coming home. But College is where you have to learn to take care of yourself.</p>